Fishing near Gardiner, MT

Sitting at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Gardiner marks the meeting of the Gardner River and the Yellowstone River — the longest undammed river in the lower 48. This is a hub for blue-ribbon trout water, with the 17-mile Upper River stretch from Gardiner to Carbella holding the highest cutthroat densities in the Montana portion of the river.

Top waters to fish near Gardiner

Species & education

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Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Cutthroat Trout

Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Mountain Sucker

Pantosteus jordani

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus

Lake Chub

Couesius plumbeus

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus lewisi

White Sucker

Catostomus commersonii

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

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